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Time flew by, and a year passed just like that.
Had Uchiha Madara completed his seclusion? The answer was, yes.
One day, Uchiha Madara, moving from extreme stillness, silently rose from his meditative posture. He surveyed his surroundings, then walked to a nearby wall and, using the Mayfly technique, phased his entire body into it.
In an instant, Uchiha Madara emerged, levitating above the ground.
Standing on the ground, smelling the fresh air around him, feeling the cool, moist temperature, Uchiha Madara took a deep breath, finding it truly invigorating.
Anyone who had stayed underground in sunless darkness for so long would yearn for fresh air.
Standing here, Uchiha Madara opened his eyes, observing the surrounding environment.
Although the surrounding trees were lush and water flowed nearby, the only dissatisfying thing was that the sky was covered by a layer of dark clouds.
Though it wasn't raining, the overcast sky was quite displeasing.
Uchiha Madara had rarely come out of seclusion, and now that he was out, he couldn't even see a sliver of sunlight. This was truly too disappointing.
He stood there, exhaled lightly, and rapidly mobilized the peaceful natural chakra within his body to communicate with the natural chakra of the outside world. In an instant, a perfect balance was formed between the chakra inside and outside his body!
Without a sound, with a single thought, Uchiha Madara activated Sage Mode!
Unlike other people's Sage Mode, which showed eye shadow or facial markings, when Uchiha Madara activated Sage Mode, there wasn't the slightest change on his face. However, due to the chakra within his body, a lustrous, purple-jade-like radiance emanated from around him.
Uchiha Madara maintained Sage Mode, looked up at the dark clouds in the sky, and extended a hand towards them. His index finger and thumb came together, then the two fingers spread apart, and between them, a white wind blade materialized.
"Sage Art! Wind Release! Decapitating Hundred Blades!"
With a flick of his two fingers, Uchiha Madara launched this mere two-finger-long wind blade towards the sky.
However, what was astonishing was that the mere two-finger-long wind blade swelled violently in the wind. As it shot upwards with extreme speed, it grew longer and longer, instantly reaching several tens of meters, (ccad) then dozens of meters, and even over a hundred meters!
With a flash of white light, the Decapitating Hundred Blades soared high into the sky!
After about the time it took for a single breath, a gash of unknown kilometers in length was suddenly torn open in the dark clouds above!
As the cloud layer was cut open, the other dark clouds also seemed to lose their strength, gradually dissipating, and the clouds parted...
The sunlight from above the dark clouds streamed down through the opened cloud layer, coincidentally falling directly onto Uchiha Madara, reflecting off the purple-jade-like luster on his body, making him appear like an immortal.
This region of the Land of Uzu, thanks to Uchiha Madara's small action, finally saw a rare glimpse of sunlight.
Quietly feeling the warmth of the sunlight, Uchiha Madara's thoughts also drifted off to who knows where.
The climate of this Land of Uzu was as gloomy as ever. He wondered how the relocation work for Uzushiogakure was progressing. If it was already completed, that would be great, and he could then leave with peace of mind for a while!
Thinking of this, Uchiha Madara realized a serious problem!
He didn't know where the current Uzushiogakure was!
Back then, Uchiha Madara had entered seclusion before the village and citizen relocation work had even begun. Even during his seclusion, he had only learned a little through White Zetsu. Now that he had finally come out of seclusion, he actually didn't know where the current Uzushiogakure was!?
This was a bit embarrassing.
However, the embarrassment came and went quickly. Uchiha Madara had a way to deal with this.
Still maintaining Sage Mode, Uchiha Madara closed his eyes, immersed his mind, and began to connect his consciousness with his wood clone stationed far away in his Uzushiogakure.
This technique was actually something Uchiha Madara had unintentionally created during his seclusion.
Ordinary clones, whether wood clones, shadow clones, or water clones, would develop independent consciousness after being separated. Only after the clone disappeared would the memories of what the clone encountered be transmitted back to the original body.
But Uchiha Madara could now remotely connect his consciousness with his wood clone. He could make the clone and the main body share one consciousness, or they could have two separate consciousnesses!
The application of this technique was definitely not as simple as mere remote communication.
Think about it, during a battle, if one could create several clones with completely unified consciousness, then the coordination between these clones would be absolutely seamless, definitely overwhelming the opponent. This would achieve an effect greater than 1+1>2!
Of course, in the current situation, Uchiha Madara was still using this ability for remote communication.
As his mind immersed, Uchiha Madara unified his consciousness with his wood clone far away in Uzushiogakure.
In that instant, Uchiha Madara understood the entire situation of Uzushiogakure over the past year.
After unifying his consciousness, Uchiha Madara immediately retracted it. Now, the main body and the clone once again had two separate consciousnesses.
After understanding Uzushiogakure's situation, Uchiha Madara was in a rather good mood.
Because the current Uzushiogakure was developing quite well.
No time to delay; seeing is believing. Uchiha Madara set off immediately!
Dispelling the purple chakra around him, Uchiha Madara deactivated Sage Mode. His eyes transformed into the Rinnegan. He leaped into the air and, at Mach 10 speed, shot straight towards the sky, flying in the northeast direction!
Uchiha Madara's speed was extremely fast. In just a few hours, he flew to the central region of the current Land of Uzu's territory and, among layers of overlapping mountain peaks, found Uzushiogakure!
Uchiha Madara nodded. The terrain around Uzushiogakure was undulating and densely forested. Such treacherous terrain was indeed easy to defend and difficult to attack.
Although the terrain was treacherous, there were also roads leading in all directions within the forest. With the power of shinobi, communication with the outside world was definitely not difficult!
As he flew closer and closer, Uchiha Madara also saw the full appearance of the current Uzushiogakure.
Today's Uzushiogakure occupied an area nearly three times larger than before. Moreover, the village buildings were numerous and well-arranged. Though not opulent, they were low-key and sturdy. The villagers within were bustling about, creating a very lively atmosphere.